Lee Meriwether

Lee Meriwether

Known for
Acting
Born
May 27, 1935 (age 91)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

Lee Ann Meriwether (born May 27, 1935) is an American actress, former model, and the winner of the 1955 Miss America pageant. Her trademarks are natural auburn hair, light blue eyes, and a seductive deep voice. Today, she is best remembered for her roles in a few science fiction/fantasy cult productions made between 1966 and 1969. Batman: The Movie (1966), Star Trek (1966), The Time Tunnel (1966) and Land of the Giants (1968). Firstly Batman: The Movie (1966), in which she played both evil Catwoman and not-so-evil Kitka, who has a romance with Bruce Wayne. A few notable roles of hers are Betty Jones, the crime-solving partner in the long-running 1970s crime drama, Barnaby Jones, which earned her two Golden Globe Award nominations and an Emmy Award nomination, and John Schuck's long-haired wife, Lily Munster, in the popular 1990s sitcom The Munsters. Meriwether is currently working in television and has a recurring role in the daytime soap opera All My Children.

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Filmography

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Let It Kill You poster

Let It Kill You

Movie · as Edna

2021
Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale poster

Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale

Movie · as Self

2019
Love & Debt poster

Love & Debt

Movie · as Mrs. Markson

2018
Hell's Kitty poster

Hell's Kitty

Movie · as Grandma Kyle

2018
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting poster

Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting

Movie · as Ethel

2017
Breaking Legs poster

Breaking Legs

Movie · as GG

2017
Batman vs. Two-Face poster

Batman vs. Two-Face

Movie · as Lucilee Diamond (voice)

2017
A Christmas in New York poster

A Christmas in New York

Movie · as Irene Burgess

2017
Trew Calling poster

Trew Calling

Movie · as Trew's Mother

2016
Kitty poster

Kitty

Movie · as Mrs. Tinsley

2015
A Horse for Summer poster

A Horse for Summer

Movie · as Patsy

2015
Sunny in the Dark poster

Sunny in the Dark

Movie · as Dorothy

2015
The Ultimate Legacy poster

The Ultimate Legacy

Movie · as Miss Hastings

2015
In Memory poster

In Memory

Movie · as Beth Sawyer

2014
The Green Girl poster

The Green Girl

Movie · as Herself

2014
Waiting in the Wings: The Musical poster

Waiting in the Wings: The Musical

Movie · as Ethel

2013
Starring Adam West poster

Starring Adam West

Movie · as Self

2013
The Ultimate Life poster

The Ultimate Life

Movie · as Mrs. Hastings

2013
Remember to Breathe poster

Remember to Breathe

Movie · as Alice

2013
Birthday Cake poster

Birthday Cake

Movie · as Opal Hunt

2013
From Cheesecake to Cheesecake: The Joy Harmon Story poster

From Cheesecake to Cheesecake: The Joy Harmon Story

Movie · as Self

2012
Silent but Deadly poster

Silent but Deadly

Movie · as Vivian

2012
Sunset Stories poster

Sunset Stories

Movie · as Marie

2012
The Curse of the Un-Kissable Kid poster

The Curse of the Un-Kissable Kid

Movie · as The Gypsy

2012
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 poster

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23

TV · as Marjorie Meyers · 1 ep

2012
Oddity Archive poster

Oddity Archive

TV · as Lily Munster (archive footage) · 1 ep

2010
No Limit Kids - Much Ado About Middle School poster

No Limit Kids - Much Ado About Middle School

Movie

2010
Hawaii Five-0 poster

Hawaii Five-0

TV · as Helen Tilton · 1 ep

2009
The League poster

The League

TV · as Gumma Eve · 1 ep

2008
Touching Home poster

Touching Home

Movie · as Grandma Eleanor

2007
The Ultimate Gift poster

The Ultimate Gift

Movie · as Miss Hastings

2005
The Many Faces of Catwoman poster

The Many Faces of Catwoman

Movie · as (archive footage)

2004
Desperate Housewives poster

Desperate Housewives

TV · as Doris · 1 ep

2003
Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt poster

Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt

Movie · as Lee Meriwether

2002
Miss America poster

Miss America

Movie · as Self

2001
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes poster

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

Movie · as Catwoman (archive footage)

1999
Where Are They Now?

Where Are They Now?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1994
Duckman poster

Duckman

TV · as Widow Liebner (voice) · 1 ep

1994
Space Ghost Coast to Coast poster

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1988
The Munsters Today poster

The Munsters Today

TV · as Lily Munster · 73 eps

1987
Miss...Or Myth? poster

Miss...Or Myth?

Movie · as Self

1987
Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge poster

Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge

Movie

1987
Jake and the Fatman poster

Jake and the Fatman

TV · 1 ep

1985
Mr. Belvedere poster

Mr. Belvedere

TV · 1 ep

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Grace Overholtz, Leslie Hunter, Vanessa Thorpe · 1 ep

1984
Finder of Lost Loves poster

Finder of Lost Loves

TV · as Julia Bennett Parsons · 1 ep

1982
Hotel poster

Hotel

TV · 1 ep

1980
Tourist poster

Tourist

Movie · as Lulu Flemington

1980
Men Who Rate a 10 poster

Men Who Rate a 10

Movie · as Self

1979
Mirror, Mirror poster

Mirror, Mirror

Movie · as Vanessa Wagner

1979
Time Express poster

Time Express

TV · 1 ep

1978
Cruise Into Terror poster

Cruise Into Terror

Movie · as Lil Mather

1978
True Grit: A Further Adventure poster

True Grit: A Further Adventure

Movie · as Annie Sumner

1977
Having Babies II poster

Having Babies II

Movie · as Martha Cooper

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Barbara Braden, Ann Marshall · 1 ep

1977
CHiPs poster

CHiPs

TV · as Lee Meriwether (uncredited) · 2 eps

1976
Battle of the Network Stars poster

Battle of the Network Stars

TV · 2 eps

1974
Dinah! poster

Dinah!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1973
Brothers O'Toole poster

Brothers O'Toole

Movie · as Paloma Littleberry

1973
Barnaby Jones poster

Barnaby Jones

TV · as Betty Jones · 178 eps

1971
The New Andy Griffith Show poster

The New Andy Griffith Show

TV · as Lee Sawyer · 9 eps

1970
Chisum poster

Chisum

Movie · as Sallie's Mother (picture in Chisum's Pocketwatch) (uncredited)

1970
Mission: Impossible - The Falcon poster

Mission: Impossible - The Falcon

Movie · as Tracey

1970
The Immortal poster

The Immortal

TV · 1 ep

1970
Nanny and the Professor poster

Nanny and the Professor

TV · 1 ep

1970
All My Children poster

All My Children

TV · 4 eps

1969
The Undefeated poster

The Undefeated

Movie · as Margaret

1969
Angel in My Pocket poster

Angel in My Pocket

Movie · as Mary Elizabeth Whitehead

1969
Mission: Impossible - The Bunker poster

Mission: Impossible - The Bunker

Movie · as Anna Rojak

1969
My World and Welcome to It poster

My World and Welcome to It

TV · 1 ep

1969
Love, American Style poster

Love, American Style

TV · 1 ep

1968
The Legend of Lylah Clare poster

The Legend of Lylah Clare

Movie · as Young Girl

1968
Land of the Giants poster

Land of the Giants

TV · as Mrs. Bara · 1 ep

1968
The Name of the Game poster

The Name of the Game

TV · as Bridget · 1 ep

1967
Mannix poster

Mannix

TV · as Reva Daniels · 1 ep

1966
Batman poster

Batman

Movie · as The Catwoman (Kitka)

1966
Namu, the Killer Whale poster

Namu, the Killer Whale

Movie · as Kate Rand

1966
The Time Tunnel poster

The Time Tunnel

TV · as Dr. Ann McGregor · 30 eps

1966
Star Trek poster

Star Trek

TV · as Losira · 1 ep

1966
Batman poster

Batman

TV · as Lisa Carson · 2 eps

1966
Mission: Impossible poster

Mission: Impossible

TV · as Anna Rojak, Tracey · 2 eps

1966
Family Affair poster

Family Affair

TV · as Lise Lowell · 1 ep

1965
F Troop poster

F Troop

TV · 1 ep

1965
The F.B.I. poster

The F.B.I.

TV · as Joanna Lauren, Marian Converse, Liz · 3 eps

1964
12 O'Clock High poster

12 O'Clock High

TV · as Capt. Phyllis Vincent, Lt. Amy Patterson · 1 ep

1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. poster

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

TV · as Dr. Egret · 1 ep

1963
The Courtship of Eddie's Father poster

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

Movie · as Tom's Receptionist (uncredited)

1963
The Fugitive poster

The Fugitive

TV · as Willis Hampton · 1 ep

1963
Vacation Playhouse

Vacation Playhouse

TV · as Doris · 1 ep

1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV · as Piper's Secretary · 1 ep

1962
The Lloyd Bridges Show poster

The Lloyd Bridges Show

TV · as Martha Elweiss · 1 ep

1961
Dr. Kildare poster

Dr. Kildare

TV · as Nurse Bonnie Tynes, Nurse Adams, Nurse Harper, Nurse Angela Springer · 3 eps

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self, Self - Co-Host · 2 eps

1960
Route 66 poster

Route 66

TV · 1 ep

1960
The Clear Horizon poster

The Clear Horizon

TV · as Enid Ross · 230 eps

1960
My Three Sons poster

My Three Sons

TV · as Phyllis Allen · 1 ep

1959
4D Man poster

4D Man

Movie · as Linda Davis

1959
The Detectives poster

The Detectives

TV · as Freda (uncredited) · 1 ep

1957
Perry Mason poster

Perry Mason

TV · as Natalie Graham, Evelyn Wilcox · 1 ep

1957
Leave It to Beaver poster

Leave It to Beaver

TV · as Young Woman Neighbor · 1 ep

1955
The Millionaire poster

The Millionaire

TV · as Nancy McKuehn · 1 ep

1954
Miss America

Miss America

TV · as Miss California 1954 · 1 ep

1952
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

TV · as Beautiful Witch · 1 ep

1951
Dragnet poster

Dragnet

TV · 1 ep

1948
The Philco Television Playhouse poster

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV · 2 eps